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The remote eastern province of Badakhshan is often referred to as Afghanistan’s natural disaster capital. Crammed between China, Pakistan and Tajikistan, the Province takes in the Hindu Kush and Pamir mountain ranges, along with a mixed terrain of deserts, grasslands, savannahs, scrub and forests....

The UN and its humanitarian partners have revised their global humanitarian plans for 2013, and are now appealing for nearly US$13 billion to provide assistance to tens of millions of people in 24 countries. This is the largest annual amount requested in the history of Consolidated Humanitarian Appeals....

OCHA Operations Director John Ging has warned that a drop in humanitarian funding for Afghanistan and Pakistan could undermine efforts to bring meaningful development to vulnerable communities in those countries.
“We are very concerned that donor funding for humanitarian operations in Afghanistan...

The UN humanitarian chief has announced the allocation of some US$100 million from the Central Emergency Response Fund (CERF) to provide life-saving aid to people in 12 poorly- funded emergencies, ranging from Afghanistan to Yemen.
“Millions of people continue to need help around the world after...

The UN has warned that more funding and long-term support are needed to help tens of thousands of displaced people in Kabul cope with Afghanistan’s harsh winter weather.
“We don’t have anything,” said Halima, a widow and mother of eight living in Kabul’s Ada Mazar...